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What would you like to tell us about yourself, your collecting, or business.: I wrote fan letters to movie stars while in high school during the 1940s and received many autographed portraits in return. They include Ronald Reagan, Claudette Colbert, Jane Wyman, Paul Lukas, Joseph Cotten, Alan Ladd, Merle Oberon, Robert Montgomery, Cecil Kelloway, James Gleason, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, Carl Esmond, Nancy Coleman, Jerome Cowan, Rosemary DeCamp, George Burns and Gracie Allen together, Gene Lockhart together with his wife Kathleen and teenage daughter June Lockhart, Fay Bainter, Walter Huston, George Montgomery, Mary Martin, Albert Dekker, Mabel Paige, Ruth Hussey, Mikhail Rasumney, Ann Doran, Paul Henreid, Geraldine Fitzgerald, John Ireland, Felix Bressart, Una O'Connor, and a very special Olivia de Havilland signed portrait with a signed letter saying she would be visiting GIs at camps for Christmas 1943. I hate to part with these but need to in order to keep my house. I am an author of 30 books for preteens and teenagers but the economy has
made it impossible to sell my new manuscripts.

Why do you want to join Autograph Live?: I have a large collection of autographed portraits of movie stars from the 1940s and would like to sell them.

Why do you collect?: I love the classic movies and stars and supporting players.

What is your favorite autograph in your collection?: Olivia de Havilland for her signed photo and personal letter to me, and Una O'Connor who not only signed her portrait but wrote me a letter with it and then sent me a Christmas card with a note in it.

You can ask anyone living or dead for their autograph. Who would it be?: Vanessa Redgrave

At 12:34pm on January 24, 2011, Lee Parmerter said…: Walter,

I am interested in the George Burns and Gracie Allen together and Ronald Reagan autographs. Are they still available?

Lee

At 3:49pm on December 20, 2010, Adam Richard Utz said…: Well I'd be willing to give you $50 each on both Ruth Hussey and Nancy Coleman, $60 on Geraldine Fitzgerald, i said $70 on Jane Wyman, $100 on claudette colbert, and 100 on Olivia those are my offers. 1 thing i wont be paying for all of them at once I'd prob be mailing 4 times

At 7:04pm on December 18, 2010, Adam Richard Utz said…: ok values are as follows ACCORDING TO THE PRICE GUIDE FOR SIGNED PHOTOS,

CLAUDETTE COLBERT IS VALUED AT $209

NANCY COLEMAN VALUED AT $40

GERALDINE FITZGERALD VALUED AT $57

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND VALUED AT $147

RUTH HUSSEY VALUED AT $40

At 12:34pm on December 18, 2010, Adam Richard Utz said…: Ok thanks , if possible i'd love to see the ones for Ruth Hussey, Olivia de Havilland, Nancy Coleman, Claudette Colbert, and Geraldine Fitzgerald also to see if they are ones I'd be interested in

At 7:35am on December 18, 2010, Adam Richard Utz said…: OK a signed pic of Jane Wyman is worth $106 in SANDERS AUTOGRAPH PRICE GUIDE 7TH EDITION, I'd be willing to go more then half on it prob $66 not counting shipping so prob $70 total ?

At 6:53am on December 18, 2010, Adam Richard Utz said…: I'd be interested in seeing the Jane Wyman picture , and would like to know what your asking for that OR are you trying to sell the whole collection to 1 person?